Police hunt convicted sex trafficker Florin Radu

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He was convicted in his absence of human trafficking, controlling prostitution for gain and assault.

Police believe he has links across the West Midlands – specifically the Dudley , Wolverhampton and Coventry areas – as well as Luton and areas across Greater Manchester.

He was initially arrested at Luton Airport in March 2014 after a female victim of his sex trade managed to escape and tell police.

The 23-year-old woman had arrived in the UK from Romania in August 2013, believing she would be working as a waitress.

But instead the woman was moved around a number of homes and hotels in the West Midlands and the North West.

She was forced to prostitute herself, with Radu taking all the money.

When she refused to have sex for cash, she was beaten by Radu.

In November 2013, while she was in Oldham, she escaped and flagged down a passing police car.

Radu was charged and remanded in custody but later bailed.

Det Con Simon Hurdley, of the Greater Manchester Police Sexual Crime Unit, said: “We have been trying to trace Radu for some time.

“We have exhausted all methods and so I would now like to ask for the public’s help to find him.

“He is a predator who preyed on a vulnerable woman who believed she was coming to the UK for a better life before he got hold of her and made her life a misery, putting her through one horrific ordeal after another.

“We know he has links across the West Midlands and Greater Manchester so he could be anywhere.

“If you believe you may have seen him or you have any information on his whereabouts then please contact police.”

Anybody with information should call police on 0161 856 5017 or Crimestoppers, in confidence, on 0800 555 111.